Lesson 2.2 Quiz

Question 1

Is the usual predictable pattern or weather in an area over a long period of time

Answer 1

Climate

Question 2

Where do Weather patterns take place?

Answer 2

The atmosphere immediately surrounding the earth

Question 3

What is the climate affected by?

Answer 3

Sun, the wind, ocean, other bodies of water, landforms, and even people.

Question 4

What do scientists need to look at to understand climate?

Answer 4

Temperature and precipitation

Question 5

What is the original source of climate?

Answer 5

The sun

Question 6

True or false

Is the climate affected by the angle of sun’s rays hit the earth

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The sun hits more or less directly near the equator?

Answer 7

More directly

Question 8

The areas near the equator is known as the

Answer 8

Tropics

Question 9

The Tropic of Cancer is at what latitude?

Answer 9

23 1/2 N latitude

Question 10

What is the tropic of Capricorn located

Answer 10

23 1/2 Soutg latitude

Question 11

What are tremendous seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time.

Answer 11

Monsoon

Question 12

Are funnel shaped windstorms that sometimes form during severe thunderstorms

Answer 12

Tornadoes

Question 13

Violent tropical storm systems, that form over the warm Atlantic Ocean in late summer and fall

Answer 13

Hurricanes

Question 14

Another name for a hurricane in Asia

Answer 14

Typhoons

Question 15

Long periods of extreme dryness

Answer 15

Drought

Question 16

Combination of temperature, wind, and water effects the pacific ocean that causes heavy rains in some areas and droughts in others

Answer 16

El Niño

Question 17

This is the opposite of El Niño, winds form from east become very strong, cooling more of the pacific

Answer 17

La Niña

Question 18

Moving streams of water, carry warm and cold water through the worlds oceans

Answer 18

Currents

Question 19

Are patterns of wind caused by landforms in a particular area

Answer 19

Local winds

Question 20

A dry area on the other side of the mountain facing away from wind

Answer 20

Rain shadow

Question 21

The gases prevent the warm air from rising and escaping into the atmosphere. As a result the overall temperature will rise

Answer 21

Greenhouse effect

Question 22

Along the equator there are these dense forest that reach high amounts of rainfall.

Answer 22

Rain forests

Question 23

This refers to the unpredictable changes in air that take place over a short period of time.

Answer 23

Weather